Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-13
HOW TO TELL FoRTuNEs.

HOW TO TELL FORTUNES.
But, as many persons want to know
how TO tell fortunes by the hand, "jusl
for the fun of the thing" the following
brief directions Will suffice to enable any
reader to emulate the prowess Of the
Gypsies in an art which is held to be
peculiarly their own.
Begin with the line Of life, starting
from point an inch below the bottom OF
the first finger and tracing it to its termi-
nation at the base OF the thumb. If well
defined and unbroken, it is said to de-
note long life; if cut and intersecled by
other lines, illness. Every inch OF the
line of lite is supposed to stand for ~
wears, and a distinct break at any point
indicates death at that age, estimated by
its distance from the starting point Of
the line,
The line OF the head, or, as it is some
times called, 1.-The line OF intellect" is the
next thing to be looked tor. 1t sweeps
horizontally across the palm, starting
simultaneously with the line of lite. i
clear and unbr0ken,it is supposed to indi-
cate logical intellect. II much
notched, with lines entering itfrOm other
parts, it indicates that this intellect may
run into many fancies; as, for instance,
II the lines enter from the base of the
middle finger the tastes Will run to weird
books or TO solitary schemng.
The line above the last named, running
from between the bases Of the first and
second finger to the base OF the little fin
ger, is the line OF the heart, indicating So
ciability and affection. When much
broken and intersected, it means that the
owner VIII be the slave of his or her pas
sions, especially those passions which are
designated as "tender" or erotic. 1t is
usually the most broken and irregular OF
all the lines Of the band, on which ac-
count the ancient palmists probably Sc
lected it.
The line which runs perpen dicularly
from me root OF the second finger TO the
wrist is called the line Of fortune, and
the more broken and irregular this IS the
better for the posessOr. II these broken
and added lines are generally parallel 10
the original line, they denote streaks Of
good luck or good fortune; II they cut 1t
across, they denote ''crosses or cups md
downs" in life. Unfortunately, the latter
IS the rule.
THE MEANING OF THE MOUNTS.
The amounts" are the little fleshy
prominences at the roots ofthe fingers ana
between the joints. At the loot OF the
first finger il the mount OF Jupiter; the
second is sacred 70 Saturn, the third b.
the Sun, and the little finger 10 Mercury.
Below the latter and on the right aide OF
the hand is the hill OF Mars; e,ill further
below is the hill Of the Moon. or these
Jupiter is propitlous, Saturn means ill
luck, the sun riches, Mercury knavish-
ness and "smarlness;" Mars, war or mil
itary geniOus, and The Moon moodiness
crankiness or tendency to philosophical
speculations. According to the extent
TO which the lines on these amounts" are
marked and the prominence OF the
amounts" themselves the charactpristics
and fortune OF the individual are foretold.
Three strongly Unmarked horizontal lines
at the base Of the hand, when present,
constitute the "regal bracelet" and are
supposed to indicate long and prosperous
life, with strong Will power.
WHY THE GYPsIEs ARE PALMsTs.
Such Ia the art Of palmistry as Urac-
tieed by the "ROm many folk" or Gyp-
sies, who entered Europe In hordes at the
beginning OF the 10Th century, Origi-
neilv low.caste BindOOs, eXiled from the
northwest province OF Hiudostan by the
terrible Tamerlane, these people wan